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Paper Talk: Thursday's football transfer rumours and gossip from the back pages

By Sporting Life

Football

Thu December 19, 2019 · 6y ago

Get all the latest from Thursday's back pages, where Manchester City are said to be furious with Arsenal over Mikel Arteta...

Tottenham will provide Jose Mourinho with transfer funds next month as Nathan Ferguson of West Bromwich Albion and Max Aarons at Norwich have been scouted.
Manchester United captain Ashley Young could leave Old Trafford as early as next month.
Southampton are determined to stick with Ralph Hasenhuttl, who has received a ringing endorsement ahead of the club's huge basement battle against Aston Villa.
Aston Villa are in danger of becoming the first Premier League club to breach Financial Fair Play rules and may need to sell to ensure they comply with regulations this season.
Watford and Burnley have put 29-year-old Ghana right-back Daniel Opare on their watchlist for the January transfer window.

Manchester City are furious with Arsenal over the Gunners' move for Mikel Arteta - with one club insider describing their conduct as "shambolic".
James Chester admits fearing he may never play for Aston Villa again following 11 months on the sidelines.

Read: What can Carlo Ancelotti achieve with Everton?

Manchester City are furious over a lack of a formal approach for Mikel Arteta from Arsenal.
Daniel Levy has set a world record £25m-a-year naming-rights price on Tottenham Hotspur's £1bn stadium, for which he has so far failed to find a buyer.
Jose Mourinho wants to trim his squad in the January transfer window to his preferred size of 21 outfield players plus goalkeepers.
The Abu Dhabi consortium set to take over at Charlton Athletic was questioned by the English Football League over the extent of its links with the owners of Manchester City.

Ryan Bertrand says Southampton are suffering from a Ronald Koeman hangover three years after he quit as manager at St Mary's.

Read: Spurs won't spend in January

Manchester United could face a £12m agent fee to complete the signing of Erling Haaland.
Arsenal are hoping Mikel Arteta's imminent arrival as manager will persuade skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to sign a new contract.
Manchester United and Tottenham are both in talks with Lille for midfielder Boubakary Soumare.
Tottenham star Lucas Moura has hailed Jose Mourinho for helping him regain 'confidence' and a new lease of life.
Marseille boss Andre Villas-Boas is ready to sign Leicester wonder kid Sidnei Tavares.
Mesut Ozil has been removed from the Pro Evolution Soccer game in China, following his criticism of the country's treatment of Uighur Muslims.
Bury supporters have applied for a phoenix club to join the bottom of the football league pyramid after they were kicked out of the EFL earlier this year.

Manchester City want more than £2m for Mikel Arteta, with Pep Guardiola set to lose his assistant to Arsenal midway through the season.

Rangers are planning a January clearout with up to five top-team stars set to be punted by boss Steven Gerrard.
Alex Dyer is in pole position to become the next Kilmarnock manager - if he wants the job.